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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
Climate and
soil.
Bull Rajas.
CHAPTER small fragments, and is full of fissures ; but in the neighbouring
x^^+i/ country there are many quarries, where masses of great size may be
May ll. procured. It forms an excellent material for building, being very
easily cut, and at the same time being excessively tough. The
good kinds resemble entirely the stone at Maru-Hully, described
in the eighth chapter of my Journal, Vol. II. p. 146; and, in fact,
are somewhat between a hornblende and a potstone.
For the two last nights there has been much thunder, but no rain.
To-night there was both thunder and very heavy rain. The soil
here is very fertile ; for the farmers acknowledge 50 fold to be the
usual crop of both Ragy and rice, that have been sown on good
ground properly cultivated. From what I have stated at Banawam,
the produce by the acre, at this rate, may be easily estimated.
The fort of Jamagullu was built by a Baydaru Poly gar, named
Eijuru Vencatuppa Nayaka. Plis family were related to the Poly gars
of Raya-durga, and south and west from hence possessed very con-
siderable territories. Janiagullu was taken from them by the Mysore
family, who annexed it to Banawara, under which it has ever since
continued. In the reign of the Sultan, the descendants of Eijuru
Vencatuppa had no lands, but still retained the title of Bull Raj'fa,
and had an annual pension of 5000 Pagodas (156*0/. 3s. 9t«0* On the
fall of Seringapatam, Kristuppa Nayaka, the heir of the'family, seized
on Manzur-abad, Bailuru, and other parts of his ancestors dominions,
and has made an obstinate struggle to retain them. In this he has
had little success, and he has lately been forced to retire to the
almost inaccessible forests near tht Ghats.
12th May.— I went to Hullybedu, a stage of about 10 miles, but it
is called only two cosses. By the last night's rain the rivulets were
swollen, and the natives consider the rainy season as commenced ;
but for the first two months, showers once only in four or five days
are expected. On this day's route much of the soil is good, but
the country is quite deserted. By the way I observed some small
hills, consisting entirely of calcarious tufa, mixed with a little earth.
Hullybedu, at present, is a small mud fort, with a suburb (Petta)
May 12.
Weather.
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
Climate and
soil.
Bull Rajas.
CHAPTER small fragments, and is full of fissures ; but in the neighbouring
x^^+i/ country there are many quarries, where masses of great size may be
May ll. procured. It forms an excellent material for building, being very
easily cut, and at the same time being excessively tough. The
good kinds resemble entirely the stone at Maru-Hully, described
in the eighth chapter of my Journal, Vol. II. p. 146; and, in fact,
are somewhat between a hornblende and a potstone.
For the two last nights there has been much thunder, but no rain.
To-night there was both thunder and very heavy rain. The soil
here is very fertile ; for the farmers acknowledge 50 fold to be the
usual crop of both Ragy and rice, that have been sown on good
ground properly cultivated. From what I have stated at Banawam,
the produce by the acre, at this rate, may be easily estimated.
The fort of Jamagullu was built by a Baydaru Poly gar, named
Eijuru Vencatuppa Nayaka. Plis family were related to the Poly gars
of Raya-durga, and south and west from hence possessed very con-
siderable territories. Janiagullu was taken from them by the Mysore
family, who annexed it to Banawara, under which it has ever since
continued. In the reign of the Sultan, the descendants of Eijuru
Vencatuppa had no lands, but still retained the title of Bull Raj'fa,
and had an annual pension of 5000 Pagodas (156*0/. 3s. 9t«0* On the
fall of Seringapatam, Kristuppa Nayaka, the heir of the'family, seized
on Manzur-abad, Bailuru, and other parts of his ancestors dominions,
and has made an obstinate struggle to retain them. In this he has
had little success, and he has lately been forced to retire to the
almost inaccessible forests near tht Ghats.
12th May.— I went to Hullybedu, a stage of about 10 miles, but it
is called only two cosses. By the last night's rain the rivulets were
swollen, and the natives consider the rainy season as commenced ;
but for the first two months, showers once only in four or five days
are expected. On this day's route much of the soil is good, but
the country is quite deserted. By the way I observed some small
hills, consisting entirely of calcarious tufa, mixed with a little earth.
Hullybedu, at present, is a small mud fort, with a suburb (Petta)
May 12.
Weather.